She carried a bucket of water and washed the crab, but she was inevitably pinched in the process. Xie Jiaojiao was so angry that she wanted to slap the crab twice.
Finally, I found a straw rope and tied the crab up, and the crab became more honest.
Xie Zhiyi watched her series of operations and asked Xie Jiaojiao uncertainly: "Sister, is this really edible?"
"You'll find out later."
Xie Jiaojiao found another piece of ginger, put it under the crab, and steamed it directly in the pot.
Sun Ruhua said she was wasting firewood, but Xie Jiaojiao just said: "You won't feel that way when you eat something later!"
Sun Ruhua just smiled and shook her head, lowered her head and continued to do her work.
Xie Jiaojiao pulled her: "Mom, please stop it, it's already dark today."
"I have to make it quickly. It's getting colder and colder today. If I don't make it, Zhiyi will freeze!"
Xie Zhiyi lowered his head and looked at the straw sandals on his feet by the firelight. There were already frozen patches on his little feet.
Of course Xie Jiaojiao also saw it.
Xie Zhiyi has been picking up Xie Qian and Xie Kun's clothes, pants and shoes since he was a child.
Xie Qian couldn't wear it anymore, so he gave it to Xie Kun first. After Xie Kun couldn't wear it anymore, it was Xie Zhiyi's turn. All of Xie Zhiyi's clothes and pants were fully patched, and his shoes were straw sandals all year round, except in winter. There's really no way around it in winter.
Xie Jiaojiao touched Xie Zhiyi's head with some distress: "When sister makes money, the first thing she will do is to buy new clothes for our Zhiyi."
Xie Zhiyi looked at Xie Jiaojiao and smiled: "Sister, I don't care about that, as long as you can wear it."
Sun Ruhua looked at these two sensible children, and her heart tightened for a moment: "When tomorrow, Mom's shoes will be ready, Zhiyi will have new shoes to wear."
"Yeah!" Xie Zhiyi nodded heavily.
Xie Jiaojiao counted the time and the crab was ready.
"Mom, do we have soy sauce at home?"
Sun Ruhuo shook his head hurriedly: "Soy sauce is such a precious thing. Our family is so poor, how can we have it!"
Xie Jiaojiao was a little disappointed, but it didn't matter. The crab was inherently salty, and she wanted soy sauce just to make it taste less fishy.
Opening the lid of the pot, Xie Jiaojiao took out the crabs and taught Sun Ruhua and Xie Zhiyi how to eat them by the light of the fire.
Sun Ruhua found it troublesome.
Xie Jiaojiao said: "Mom, crabs only have a shell on the outside, but they are full of meat inside!"
When she heard it was meat, Sun Ruhua learned to eat it.
Xie Zhiyi is young and can learn it as soon as he learns it.
"Sister, this is really delicious, but the meat is missing!"
Xie Jiaojiao said: "I think there is little meat. Let's eat more and there will be more meat."
Xie Zhiyi nodded.
"Why does this stuff have a salty taste?" Sun Ruhua said while eating.
Xie Jiaojiao didn't know how to explain it, so she didn't explain it.
After eating the first one, I wanted to eat the second one.
Xie Zhiyi said: "Sister, can I send two to Brother Niu?"
Xie Jiaojiao looked at the sky: "Forget it, don't give it away. It's already dark today. There will be a chance next time."
After eating the crabs, everyone was very satisfied, especially Sun Ruhua, who ate more later and felt a little embarrassed.
"I never thought that this thing could still be eaten."
Xie Jiaojiao scooped out a bowl of water from the pot for each person. She had put a lot of ginger in the water. Although the mountain crab is not as cooling as the sea crab, it is still cooling. Drink a bowl of ginger soup. It just dilutes the coolness.
The family of three gathered around the stove, feeling satisfied and warm.
Sun Ruhua said: "Tomorrow I will dig some yellow mud from the ground and come back, then build a new stove."
"Mom, let me help you."
In the darkness, Sun Ruhua lovingly touched Xie Zhiyi's head.
Xie Jiaojiao went to bed early that night, after all, she had a busy day today.
In the second room next door, Zhou Cuihong asked Xie Zhili: "What are my mother and sister-in-law eating tonight? I watched them eat deliciously from a distance."
Xie Zhili turned over: "You don't care what they eat, it has nothing to do with us!"
Zhou Cuihong pouted, hit him, and then turned over to sleep.
Xie Jiaojiao had a dream at night, as if she was dreaming about Xie Jiaojiao's previous life.
In the dream, she was killed by Wu Dashan in this room.
The soul floats in the air for a long time and never leaves.
She saw her father being furious to death when he saw her body, and she also saw her mother being so angry that she became ill. However, the first and second bedrooms thought it was nothing, and they just blackmailed two fertile fields in Wu Dashan. It's over.
Then the family was separated, and no one wanted to support Sun Ruhua, a burden. Finally, the youngest Xie Zhiyi stood up and said that if you don’t support your mother, I will raise her!
But how young is he? Sun Ruhua sees her two eldest sons despise her so much, and Xie Zhiyi is so young. How can he support himself if he can't even support himself?
He is sick again, and if this continues, it will only drag him down.
So that night she swallowed the rat poison at home and followed her husband!
Sun Ruhua went there, but Xie Zhishu and Xie Zhili drove Xie Zhiyi out.
Poor Xie Zhiyi, who was begging for food nearby, froze to death in the town that winter.
Someone in the village saw it and asked Xie Zhishu and Xie Zhili to collect the body. They thought it was unlucky so they didn't go!
Xie Jiaojiao looked at the original owner floating in the air guarding Xie Zhiyi's body and did not leave for a long time. It was not until a kind person dragged Xie Zhiyi's body to find a place to bury him that she left. After leaving, , Xie Jiaojiao watched her float to a City God's Temple outside the town, and she knelt in front of the Bodhisattva like that, saying something. She knelt from winter to spring, and then from spring to winter. She only saw the Bodhisattva in the City God's Temple. Xie Jiaojiao walked down from the altar as if she had come to life, and finally there was a flash of light. Xie Jiaojiao felt dazzled, frowned and woke up.
The genius was bright, and the room felt like it was surrounded by mist. Xie Jiaojiao reached out and touched her cheek, only to find that it was full of tears.
What does this dream mean?
To tell her why she came here? Or does the original owner have a grudge in his heart and ask her to avenge her?
Xie Jiaojiao didn't understand, but thinking about the tragic ending of Sun Ruhua and Xie Zhiyi in the dream, and then thinking about what Dafang Erfang did like this, she felt angry in her heart!
Xie Jiaojiao said to Zhiyi: "You can go without worry, I will take good care of your mother and Zhiyi for you!"
When she said this, she found that the energy in her heart seemed to be much smoother.
The room suddenly became much brighter, and even the sun shone through the crack in the door.
Xie Jiaojiao thought this was incredible, and Xie Zhiyi's voice sounded outside the door: "Sister, are you up? It's time to eat!"
Xie Jiaojiao immediately replied: "I'm up, I'll be here soon."
